There are similarities to the rise of Hitler and the anti-Democratic appeals to the cult following That he did not create, but was there for the taking.
INTERVIEW
What unites Trump and Hitler: "Fierce determination and self-imposed blindness"
Why the lies and bluster keep working: For both Hitler and Trump, says Timothy Ryback, "the medium is the message"
Senior Writer
PUBLISHED AUGUST 5, 2024 5:45AM (EDT)
Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler (Photo illus
Comparisons to the “rise” anti-democratic dictators and the current MAGA movement are legitimate and healthy for Americans are like to look to the future and be positive about it.
In various ways, Trump continues to channel the dark history of Adolf Hitler's rise. This is not simply an interpretation of his metaphors or vague dog-whistle statements.
Trump has literally said he wants to purify the blood of the nation by eliminating "vermin," a term he has applied on several occasions to nonwhite immigrants. In a throwback to early 20th-century
eugenics and "race science," Trump has expressed pride in
his "good German genes" and racial background. Trump and his allies have floated plans for a system of concentration camps aimed at collecting and deporting migrants, refugees and undocumented immigrants. Hitler proposed strikingly similar plans before he enacted eliminationist and genocidal policies aimed at achieving them.